Those who run the temple say protests have become an unfortunate recurrence during the wedding season. When an interfaith marriage now takes place, the temple is forced to hire security guards to protect couples and their families. Five weeks after that last protest, the Guardian was invited along to the temple for Friday’s secret wedding. Shortly after the Sikh Council was formed, it issued an edict saying weddings between Sikhs and non-Sikhs could not take place in temples, arguing that the Sikh wedding ceremony, Anand Karaj, should be reserved only for Sikhs. Marrying people of other faiths is acceptable, they say, but conducting that marriage in a Sikh temple is not.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2016 07:01 UTC